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1Microbiology and Cell Biology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|November 1, 1986
Abstract:
Two Bacillus strains capable of emulsifying immiscible organophosphorus pesticides were isolated by enrichment methods. The emulsifying factor produced by Bacillus strain FE-2 has a high molecular weight, is Iysozyme sensitive and thermostable, and can be precipitated with trichloroacetic acid or ammonium sulfate; it may be a glycolipopeptide. It is specific for immiscible organophosphorus pesticides and is secreted during growth in the presence of such pesticides.
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